Peripatetic Definition

pĕrə-pə-tĕtĭk
adjective
Walking or moving about; not staying in one place; itinerant.
Webster's New World
Of the philosophy or the followers of Aristotle, who walked about in the Lyceum while he was teaching.
Webster's New World
Tending to walk about.
Wiktionary

Constantly travelling; itinerant; nomadic.

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noun
A person who walks from place to place.
Webster's New World
A follower of Aristotle.
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Other Word Forms of Peripatetic

Noun

Singular:
peripatetic
Plural:
peripatetics

Origin of Peripatetic

  • From Latin peripatÄ“ticus, from Ancient Greek περίπατος (peripatos, “strolling, covered walk, conversation while walking"), from περιπατέω (peripateō, “I walk around"), from περί (peri, “around") + πατέω (pateō, “I walk"). Aristotle's school was sometimes called the περιπατητικοί (peripatÄ“tikoi) "those who are prone to walking" or οἱ ἐκ τοῦ περιπάτου (hoi ek tou peripatou, “those from the walk") in reference either to his supposed habit of teaching while traversing the περίπατοι (peripatoi, “walkways") of the Lyceum or simply to the walkways themselves with which the school became associated.

    From Wiktionary

  • From French péripatétique (peri- + patein (“to tread")), from Latin peripatÄ“ticus, from Ancient Greek περιπατητικός (peripatÄ“tikos, “given to walking around"), from περιπατέω (peripateō, “I walk around"), from περί (peri, “around") (English peri-)+ πατέω (pateō, “I walk").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English peripatetik from Latin peripatēticus from Greek peripatētikos from peripatein to walk about or from peripatos covered walk (where Aristotle allegedly lectured) peri- peri- patein to walk pent- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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